After 28 Years, ReactOS Can Now Run Half-Life 2 — A Milestone for Open Source Windows Compatibility
The volunteer-built Windows NT alternative hit a new milestone: booting Half-Life 2 in-game on real hardware, using a legacy NVIDIA driver — no emulation, no WINE, no VM. »
Greg KH Ships Seven Linux Kernels at Once to Patch a Container-Escape Root Exploit
A single July 4th release wave covering kernels from 5.10 to 7.1 patched a critical IPv6 bug that could let a process inside a container gain root access on the host. »
Bigscreen Beyond 2 Is 107 Grams, Outselling the Vive Pro, and Shipping in Three Days
Bigscreen Beyond 2 weighs 107 grams, delivers 2560×2560 micro-OLED panels per eye, has cleared its entire preorder backlog, and is now outselling the HTC Vive Pro — proof that tethered PC VR has a serious enthusiast audience. »
GNOME 51 'A Coruña' Alpha Drops — Maps Go Offline, Old NVIDIA Cards Left Behind
GNOME 51 'A Coruña' enters alpha with offline map downloads, 73 refreshed modules, and the removal of legacy NVIDIA driver support ahead of its September 16 stable release. »
Google's AI Buildout Pushed Electricity Use Up 37% — and It's Getting Worse
Google's 2025 sustainability report reveals its AI infrastructure expansion drove electricity demand up 37%, water use up 34%, and greenhouse gas emissions up 18% — the largest annual increases the company has ever reported. »